Burgess Field
55D · Brown City, Michigan · Sanilac County · map
Burgess Field is a public-use airport, 2 miles south of Brown City, Michigan, 827 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,090 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 55D
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 827 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2023
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,090 × 50 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 10: trees 70 ft high 75 ft from the end
- Runway 28: threshold displaced 575 ft, power line 38 ft high 20 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Brown City from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Brown City, Michigan: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp. Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Runway 10 dthr 1593 feet, extds beyond runway midpt.
- Deer, birds, and wildlife in the vicinity of airport.
- Opposite runway end not vsb from threshold.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.